Visiting a waterfall, especially on a hot cloudless day, one of my favorite ways to spend a day is to go for an outing, go enjoy the day with my mum and brother. In this case you get in your car, drive for miles, then get out and walk the remaining of the way to a waterfall. Council has cleared and marked a pathway for you and a lot of people like you Mrs. Gosden that have also come to enjoy these named landmarks. Rarely do people get to enjoy the natural beauty of one by just stepping out into your own backyard. Sometimes I get so bored I remember the geography lessons and I imagine myself Behind my house, barely noticeable {fake}, is a path leading through the woods to a waterfall. The trail is small but really worn out. Any bushes that would have grown has been trampled down and all that is left is a very narrow path, overhung with branches from the trees that mark its sides. As I walk down the trail, I begin to feel the trees closing around me until the house can no longer be seen. I follow the trail to where it stops at an edge, approaching quietly so as not to disturb any of the wild animals that has come to enjoy the cool fresh water from the creek. I gently cross over the creek using the stones, which show the show off several previous crossing, so that I can have full view of the creek and the beauty it possesses. I can hear the rush of the water long before I see the falls. As I sit down on the big rock that has been warmed by the early morning sun, I begin to gulp in the beauty as a hobo would gulp down food. I notice that the wild flowers are in full bloom and that the tree has all its leaves. After I took my short break I continue on with my journey. At last!! I found the waterfall I won't tell you where because it's my secret paradise. Anyways, I have been visiting that place ever since I can't remember. It became a habit of mine to visit that place ever time I get inspired, bored, sad, happy, I don't know, it just became my comfortable and...

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...﻿1.1.1 Waterfall
The waterfall model is also referred to as a linear-sequential life cycle model (istqbexamcertification, 2014). It a simple methodology to understand and use. Each stage in the waterfall process must be completed before you can progress to the following stage (tutorialspoint.com, 2014). The model follows a series of objective within each stage and is subsequently reviewed before progressing to the next stage; the review will determine if the project is going according to plan or if consequently the project is deemed unsuccessful and is aborted. Figure 11 shows an illustration of the waterfall model; this methodology does not overlap, once the project moves down the next stage of the process the project cannot return to the previous stage. An analogy to understand the waterfall ethos:
“Imagine yourself as a salmon trying to swim upstream in a waterfall”
(Davies et al, 2008 p48)
This analogy illustrates that with the water methodology it is difficult for the project to go back a stage. Figure 11 shows the following six stages to complete waterfall process. Each phase outlines specific criteria’s in order to complete the next phase.
Figure 1 (Tutorialspoint.com, 2014)
1.1.1.1 Waterfall Phases
Avison (et al, 2006)...

...A waterfall is a feature of erosion found in the youth stage of a river.
Waterfalls are found in areas with bands of hard and soft rock (otherwise known as resistant and less resistant rocks). The hard rock takes longer to erode than the soft rock (differential erosion) so the river erodes the land at different rates. The river erodes the soft rock by the main processes of erosion including Hydraulic Action (the force and power of the moving river) and Abrasion (the scraping of the load against the bed and banks).
At first a small notch is created in the bedrock. This is a groove or dip in the soft rock. The notch may only be a few inches of a drop yet it increases the speed of the river falling over the edge. This encourages the river to erode vertically (downcutting) into the soft rock creating a vertical drop.
Over time the waterfall deepens as the soft rock is continuously eroded. At the base of a waterfall a rounded pool is found. This is called a plunge pool. The force of the falling water causes the water to swirl in the pool in a movement called eddying.
As the water falls the hydraulic action may cause water to splash back against the back wall causing further erosion. This causes undercutting of the back wall. Finally the overhang of hard rock is unstable and unsupported due to undercutting. It collapses and the rocks fall into the plunge pool.
Waterfalls continue to...

...A waterfall is a point where there is an interruption in the river profile and the water makes a vertical drop. It is normally found in the upper stage of the river.
Aasleagh falls near Killary harbour and torc waterfall county Kerry are well known waterfalls in Ireland.
Most waterfalls develop where the river meets a band of softer, less resistant rock after flowing over harder more resistant rock. As a result of differential erosion the water quickly erodes the softer rock by the processes of hydraulic action and abrasion
DIFFERENTIAL EROSION: The process where different rocks erode and different rates.
HYDRAULIC ACTION: the force of moving water on the land. Fast flowing water forces out loose rock and soil from the riverbed and banks.
ABRASION: wearing away the riverbed by it's load. Stones carried by the river scrape away and smooth the river channel as they move along, deepening and widening the river channel
As the water falls and hits the soft rock on the riverbed, it's energy cuts a deep hole called a plunge pool directly beneath the fall.
The falling water also begins to undercut soft rock of the waterfall, mainly by hydraulic action, creating an overhang. Over time the hard rock I deeply undercut, becomes unstable and eventually breaks off into the plunge pool.
This is repeated many times and result in head ward erosion of the waterfall. The waterfall...

...A polychrome of colours form in front of me, as I sit on this protruding grey rock. In front of me, thousands of gallons of water are free-falling from 100 meters, causing such a thunderous roar. This beautiful waterfall sits at the end of a winding river, and is encompassed by thick sturdy tress whose luscious canopy offers shade for any who despises the warm rays of sunlight. Along with the lush green foliage sporting different hues of green, the whole scene seemed right out of a postcard from paradise. Never in my life have I seen such a scene as breath-taking as this, the imposing waterfall caused such a roar that all but blocks the cacophony of forest creatures residing in the safety of their tree homes. Animals ranging from elephants to crickets let cried out. Around my rock, the water is moderately calm, illuminated by sunshine, I could see straight into the waist deep water, and admire the efflorescence of aquatic plants and corals. A school of tiny glittering fish darted hither and thither, enjoying their magnificent freedom.
As I lay on my tiny piece of wet grey rock the dimensions of 2 grown men, the sounds of nature muted my thoughts and worries, and all I could do was enjoy this marvellous piece of beauty.
The waterfall was conjoined with the marvellous azure blue sky, with little puffs of white clouds floating, leading one to imagine the euphoria and ecstasy of flight. Occasionally, flocks of birds will take flight,...

...﻿Introduction
The waterfall model is the most common model of all software development life cycle models. It is very simple to understand and use. In a waterfall model, each phase must be completed before the next phase can start. At the end of each phase, a review takes place to determine if the project is on the right path and whether or not the project should be continued. Here phases do not overlap with each other.
Waterfall model is a sequential design process in which progress is seen as flowing steadily downwards through Conception, Initiation, Analysis, Design, Construction, Testing, Production/Implementation and Maintenance Phases.
A Water Fall Model is easy to flow. It can be implemented for any size of project. Every stage has to be done separately at the right time so you cannot jump stages. Documentation is produced at every stage of a waterfall model allowing people to understand what has been done. Testing is done at every stage.
History
The first formal description of the waterfall model is often cited as a 1970 article by Winston W. Royce. Royce did not use the term "waterfall" in this article. Royce presented this model as an example of a flawed, non-working model.
Characteristic
The project consists of sequential, non-overlapping phases, where a phase cannot begin until the previous phase is already completed.
- At the end of every phase, there is a...

...March 16, 2012
Visiting Grandparents
In retrospect, there was something exciting about leaving school early especially earlier than everybody else. My mother came to grab me out of Ms. Wojtyna’s fourth grade class. “Excuse me, I’m sorry for interrupting but I have come to pick up my daughter. Today she is leaving to China”, said my mother. At last, my adventure starts today! No longer would I be under my mother’s grasps . No longer would I have to bore my head in despair and suffer the stifling weeks at home. Our Summer had began. Good-bye my fellow classmates, see you all next year.
The day was lovely after all it was Summer. When me and my father waved our solid goodbyes to your family, I felt, that there were some ambiguities that day that my antennas could not receive, perhaps I was too young to take notice then and, also, to know the proper behavior. I trailed off with my father to the airport only to look forward in the freedom we could compensate together that Summer. I had yet to see my grandparents after five long years living in America. Maybe the reason for the cold goodbyes we shared that day we knew we would see each other and by a little over a month, time would snap in an instant.
And so it came to pass that I arrived in Hong Kong an quiet girl that followed her father’s more experienced sense of direction. Upon walking to my grandparent’s home we passed through street-markets crowded with people. Most seemed to just pass by not in much...

...Visiting Hour Critical Essay
A poem which explores the feeling of loss is ‘Visiting Hour’ by Norman MacCaig. In this powerful and moving poem, the writer uses techniques such as imagery, symbolism and word choice to effectively grip the reader and keeps them with him throughout the poem.
The poem is set in a hospital as the persona visits a dying relative. It is mostly focused on his walk through the hospital to her ward, and to her bedside. Throughout the poem, the poet explores the themes of death and pain using the emotions and thoughts of the persona.
In the first stanza, the writer uses many techniques to convey the feeling of loss, when he says,
“Combs my nostrils
As they go bobbing along.”
He uses personification in ‘combs’ to suggest the experience is very uncomfortable and painful for the persona. This effectively makes the reader sense the persona’s unease and feel it too. Furthermore, ‘as they go bobbing along’ uses synecdoche to show that he is detaching himself from them because he cannot cope with the emotional loss. Through this the reader sympathises with the persona.
In the second stanza, the writer describes the persona’s encounter with another paitent .
“What seems like a corpse
Is trundled into a lift and vanishes
Heavenward”
The word ‘seems’ suggests it is someone who is not yet dead but is lifeless to MacCaig. This tells us he is feeling uneasy to be there but he knows he may have to be with...

...Organizing a Waterfall:
On Composing an Electroacoustic Environment
for Three Poems from Alice Fulton!s Felt
Joseph Klein, D.Mus.
University of North Texas (USA)
www.music.unt.edu/comp/jklein
About Alice Fulton!s work
! Born 1953 in Troy, New York; studied at Cornell
University (MFA, 1983) with A.R. Ammons.
! Teaching positions at University of Michigan (19832001) and Cornell University (2001- ).
! Seven books of poetry and essays:
• Dance Script With Electric Ballerina (1983)
• Palladium (1986)
• Powers of Congress (1990)
• Sensual Math (1997)
• Feeling as a Foreign Language [essays] (1999)
• Felt (2001)
• Cascade Experiment [anthology] (2004)
! “Postmodern Fractal Poetics”: characterized by a disruption of “poetry plane”
through the use of sharp contrasts, irony, self-reﬂexivity, and juxtaposition of the
esoteric with the banal.
! Common themes include feminism, Emily Dickinson, popular culture, chaos
theory, fractal geometry, music, art.
Background on the Work
! First encountered Fulton!s poetry in 1997 (“Fractal Lanes”).
! Fulton!s poems inspired the titles of two previous works:
• “the road in its unfoldings” (meta-passacaglia for wind symphony, 1996-97)
• “crown knots & cascades” (movement VI of Occam!s Razor, 1994-99)
! The present work was originally intended as a setting of Fulton!s poem(s) for choir
and stereo computer music; later determined that setting would be for poetry reading
with 8-channel sonic...